What’s expected of Hosts and their Experiences

What we do allow

• Health and safety compliance: An Experience is allowed as long as Hosts comply with health and safety laws and safety requirements.
• Food safety precautions: An Experience with food is only allowed if the Host takes adequate precautions to avoid food borne illnesses and meet RibbonsXP’s standards for food handling during Experiences.
• Select animals: Direct contact with animals is only allowed for domesticated or farm animals. Safe distance should be maintained for all other animals. Hosts must meet RibbonsXP’s guidelines for animal welfare.
• Select experiences involving weapons: An Experience involving firearms or bladed and projective weapons is allowed as long as Hosts limit the Experience to guests 18 years or older, are in compliance with local laws regarding location and insurance required, and have demonstrated proof of proper permits validated by RibbonsXP’s designated provider.
• Select adult themes: Hosts may offer Experiences with sexual themes not intended for sexual arousal (e.g. pole dancing exercise class, boudoir photography, sex history, etc. are permitted), provided that they take place in commercial properties only. But, Hosts must limit such Experiences to guests 18 years or older and disclose any sexual themes (such as nudity), who else may be present, privacy levels of the location and give guests the option to opt-out if they become uncomfortable.
• Political activities: Experiences involving political activities are allowed only if they are informational and educational in nature and do not include direct political actions, like campaigning and fund-raising.

What we don’t allow

• Animal exploitation/abuse: Hosts must not allow direct interactions with wild animals (e.g. riding, petting, feeding), with overworked and overloaded domestic and/or working animals, or promote and offer sporting events (such as bull running and horse racing) or the purchase or consumption of wild animal products.
• Adult themes: Hosts must not offer sexually explicit activities like going to strip clubs or visiting pornographic cinemas. Experiences with nudity and certain sexual themes cannot take place in residential accommodation.
• Dangerous sports: Hosts should not offer Experiences involving extreme heights or caves (e.g. bungee, skydiving, heli-skiing, cave diving), certain ocean activities (e.g. free diving, kiteboarding, shark diving), or certain ice or mountain activities (e.g. canyoning, ice climbing, free climbing).
• Disregard for safety: Host must take sufficient and appropriate precautions when planning and executing activities.
• Gendered experiences: Hosts may not offer single-gender experiences, unless one of the following reasons apply: legal or cultural requirements, privacy requirements or safe space requirements.

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